Steel

Saddling up in the pages of All Western Winners #2 in 1948, Steel is a Golden Age Marvel creation from the brushwork of Syd Shores and the pen of Leon Lazarus — a pair of craftsmen who helped define the rugged, sun-baked flavor of Marvel's early Western universe. This is a character whose longevity quietly impresses: a debut in the postwar Golden Age and appearances stretching all the way into 2022 speak to a staying power that most four-color cowboys never achieve. Steel keeps genuinely storied company — sharing pages with legends like Kid Colt and Two-Gun Kid across titles like Kid Colt Outlaw and Western Gunfighters, and even turning up in the Marvel Universe proper via Avengers: The Serpent Crown. With 28 catalog appearances including a key issue to their name, Steel is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through Marvel's Western catalogue so rewarding.